Earnest In the United Kingdom the Computer Misuse Act 1990 states that a person is guilty of an offence if
- he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer
- the access he intends to secure is unauthorised; and
- he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case.
In the United States the Computer Fraud and Misuse Act 1986 [18 USC 1030(a)(2)(c)] states that whoever intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains information from any protected computer commits an offence. In this context a "protected computer" is one which has access to the internet.
I know youve DA, but Just out of interest to you or anyone in a similar position THIS /\ /\ /\ combined with a letter from a lawyer to the elders threatening legal action would have a damn good chance of stopping a JC in its tracks as anyone snooping on your personal PC has committed an offence...if they then use private info to harm you..well....